Welcome to Murder Mile, a true crime podcast, an audio-guided walk,

featuring many of London's untold, unsolved and long-forgotten murders,

all set within and beyond the West End.

Today's episode is about two homeless men, both strangers, both forgotten,

who were forced to live on London streets for two very different reasons.

And although their stories are both tragic,

you won't have heard about their plight, as nobody cared.

Murder Miley's research used in authentic sources.

It contains moments of satire, shock and grisly details,

and as a dramatization of the real events, it may also

feature loud and realistic sounds, so that no matter where you listen to this podcast,

you'll feel like you're actually there.

My name is Michael. I'm your tour guide and this is Murder Mile.

Episode 142, The Invisible Men of Marble Larch.

Today, I'm standing in Marble Arch, W1.

One street north of the Hyde Park bombing, three streets west of Annie Sutton's sadistic stalker,

one street east of the murder of police constable Jack Avery, and one street south of the stranger revenge attack at the Victory Cafe, coming soon to murder mile.

Situated on a traffic island between Edgeware Road, Park Lane, Oxford Street and Bayswater,

marble arch, formerly known as Tibernia, is named after the infamous white marble arch,

designed by John Nash in 1827. Inspired by Paris's Arc de Triumph, this 45 foot high, 60 foot wide and 30 foot deep monument

was originally the state entrance to Buckingham Palace, but it was relocated here in 1851.

Since then, it has had no purpose, having been requisitioned as an army barracks in the 40s and a police station in the 60s,

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